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I spent the weekend grading papers. This is one of my least favorite teaching activities, but I’ve been impressed with the creativity and critical, synthetic thinking my students employed in putting together their last assignment. Good job, HSCI3023s!

I finished grading only after cleaning the house, though. What is it about a stack of papers that spurs me to get out the dustrags and vacuum cleaner? It didn’t help that, even though school was not yet officially over, I’d already begun slipping into some of my standard summer activities. I opened the door to the sewing room and started cleaning a little in preparation for a summertime project (probably a quilt). I planted tomatoes and cucumbers about four weeks ago and have been involved in the basic upkeep of them. It’s rained a lot, so I haven’t had to do a lot of watering, but I’ve had quite a few weeds in the cucumbers. Here are some pictures of my ‘maters — I’ve got five already and I love checking on them every day and monitoring their subtle shifts in color.